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Just wondering if these video cards are going to get a price drop? Im deciding if I should by this used one for 300cdn dollers which is the 320 mb version. Im hearing they wont make them soon and wonder if price is gonna drop anyway? Will the prices ever drop as to me 300 is really expensive...

Hi guys, I just put together my computer and for some reason my stock cpu fan on my athlon 5600 x2 cpu goes crazy for no reason. Im getting crazy rpms on my cpu fan and its driving me insain! I look into the bios and cpu is a nice 33 degrees and fan is like 3000-3200 rpm. Then in idle in...

Simple question, which one of those 2 monitors would you take if either one is offered to you for free? Main difference is specs are acer is 800:1 contrast ration and lg is 3000:1 Lg is 2 ms while acer is 5ms And of course acer is 2 inch bigger.

Hi. Im kinda concerned about how much heat my computer generates as it is in my bedroom and nothing is more nerve wreaking then being hot :) Im wondering is there actually a difference in how much output of heat a 65w cpu generates compaired to a 125w? I know of course it does but im...

Iv been reading up on overclocking and want to try for my first time So far im getting a gigavyte GA-G33M-DS2R motherboard and I was wondering since the E2180 is like 40 dollers cheaper and same clock speed wouldnt it be te better buy? Im hearing that in fact its better at overcloking too...

Hey guys. Going crazy trying to find and choose the right motherboard. I am looking for a mini motherboard only as thats all I need and I only like keeping small tower in my room. Also im on the cheap side as i just switched my mind over to intel from AMD and all there motherboards are...

Hi guys. Im buying a new computer which I wanna throw some gaming in there too. I already bought a 2600xt ati video card and good 2 gig ram. Still deciding which motherboard and cpu to get. Noticing that the AM2 motherboards are almost half in price as the Intel really attracts me and the...

Hello Just wondering if a AM2 athlon 64 x2 4200 or anyother speed for that matter as good to overclock as they say a intel dual core is? I just picked up a athlon 64 x2 4200 for cheap but wondering if it would be better to spend another 50 dollers and get a intel 4300 or 4400? What...

Hi, Just wondering whats your poeples thoughts on this ram? Right now that ram is 90 dollers cdn which is INSAINE!.

Lets be honest whats the point of buying quad core or even fast dual cores if its not for gaming? I wanna build a new gaming rig and im reading in some places that some games dont even use dual cores. I thought dual core and quad cores are just combined power and didnt think programs had to...

Hey all. What are your takes on these 2 great 22" monitors!? They pretty much have the same stats and Its up to the users to decide. I plan on picking up one of these monitors in July or Augest but need the opinions on actually users. Thanks Personally the LG is just so much more...

HI. Just finished putting together my home theater pc which has some new and old parts. Im using my old athlon xp 3500 cpu on a new motherboard. Everything works fine as im using it right now. Just now im hearing my computer to be VERY LOUD. I open the case to find out my cpu fan is blazing...

Hey Right now im building a home theater pc and maybe 2 months from now i wanna upgrade my gamming machine. Im using a XPC sn95g5 and I really like having the small computer in my room. I know want to go one step up since this time i wanna throw in tv tuner so i need a mini case. Looking...

Hi, Im going through building a new HTPC right now and since my xbox360 broke on my last month im deciding if its actually worth rebuying (dont worry i bought it where i work and got full money back) Since im gonna be hooking up the computer with HDMI will it have same image quality as a...

Can someone please tell what the purpose of having a pci-e 1x? Im going crazy just trying to find the perfect home theater motherboard. And theres always something! The Abit Fatal1ty F-I90HD is perfect in a way but I need 2 pci slots! why does it have 2 pci-e 1x???? Omg im freaking out!. I...

Sorry for asking this but looking at basic states they all seem the same to me. I own a audigy 2 zs and wondering is there a point in upgrading to the 2 newer ones?

Hi all I cant seen to find any Home theater cases with 4 expansion slots. Theres this one but i cant find any online sites to purchase is. Anyone know of any others that are simiar to this one? http://www.thermaltake.com/product/chassis/desktop/bach_SX/bach_SX_vc9320bns.asp

Hi all. building a home theater PC so im on the look out for a HDMI motherboard. Really wish there was a socket 939 motherboard with HDMI so i dont have to buy a cpu as i got a 3500 athlon xp which is perfect already. Anyone can show a list of HDMI motherboards? Looking for one in mini...

Hi Building a hometheater computer and I need a socket 478 cpu. I have a athlon 64 3500 which i dont need and i basicly need the same cpu but in the 478 becuase thats what my motherboard needs. If anyone is interested in a trade im all for it. thanks.

Hi, I have a home theater where I have a network computer in basement and its networked to my xbox360 which puts the signal on my HDTV with media center. Strangly my xbox360 broke.. dont even play games on it, its mostly used for the media center. Since I dont use it for games (they all...

Hi guys. Im on market to buy a set of 5400 ddr2 ram when I noticed that the 4200 is actually more expensive then the 5400 and in fact some are the same price as the 6400. Whats up with that? Whats the reason behind this?

Hi guys. Im looking to buy a new video card, but cant decide if I should go for the 256 or 512 version. Compairing the price difference betwen the two are roughly 50 dollers. Im Just not sure what the performance difference when having the double ram and would it be worth the extra money...

Hi all, Quick question, are all intel cpus 32 bit? Im curious becuase im gonna purchase a new computer and gonna ge windows vista too. I know AMD is 64 bit and well this will be first time moving over to Intel for me because you cant beat those dual cores. Im just wondering if the dual core...

Hi guys. Just need help since i know nothing about motherboards other then the basics. Right now its coming down to these 2 motherboards. I looked at MSI which is one of my favorite makes but they pretty much just make hardcore motherboards and the cheapest one was 160 dollers which is out...

Hi, im on hunt for new computer and with most parts nailed down im still on search for a micro or mini motherboard. I came across this one which is very attractive in specs and in price. But reliablitiy is a main concern. Anyone know anything about ECS motherboards? Are they good. Im a...

Can anyone tell me where x800 pro cards sell for 350cdn dollers? Why are these cards that expensive when they are 3 years old? Or am i not looking in right place?

Hi all, My old motherboard is dieing on me and need an upgrade. Im reading the posts here and well pretty much all of you guys are hardcore with these crazy expensive parts and really basement style looking computer cases and setups. As im not into overclocking computers. I basically dont...

Hi guys. Problem after problem on my computer. Its confirmed that something is wrong with my x800 pro becuase i switched card and it works fine. Problem is that when the loading windows screen shows up the blue bar is all over the place and freezes. Only goes into windows when im in safe...

Iv been having this problem for a month and refuse to fix it becuase its more then 2 years old and i dont like spending money to fix something just to get it back to its original state. Whats bothering me is my motherboard only has 2 ram slots and well when i have one in the second slot my...

finally found the problem but i really wanna know if its fixable since if not i pretty much have to buy a new computer. The problem was my computer would restart and most of the time when it does it doesnt wanna restart after a while. Nothing appears. It was wierd. spec are athlong 64 3500...

Hi guys. Had my Shuttle barbone system for 2 years now and sadly the powersupply isnt hodling up.. It will shut done by it self and sometimes wont start up at all. And narowing it down to motherboard or powersuply causing my computer problems and am now using a normal ATX powersupply as im...

My computer is currently 2 years old and well usually around this time i would totaly upgrade my computer. Im at that age where i dont wanna blow that much money mostly just for gaming. My motherboard only supports AGP and i currently have a x800pro. Im wondering is there an actuall faster...

Hi guys. My computer is 2 years old now and well we all know that gameing computers pretty much are junk after 2 years. SO its time for an upgrade but since money is tight right now i was looking to only upgrade my video card this time to give it a little kick to keep it alive for another year...

Finally a new 20 inch with 6 ms and decent price. Is this the NEC performance and price killer monitor!!!? I better hope so and i hope to see this monitor in stores. Any comments or more info? http://www.samsung.com/nz/products/monitors/tft/205bw.asp?page=Specifications NEC has more...

Nice and easy. Which one would you recommand for gamming and some movies. Price dont matter even though they are pretty much same price. Im just looking best quality. Very picky on ghosting.

Hi guys just wondering i know when you buy like a 250 gig harddrive its usuallly random and might be up to 10 gig less. I have 74 gig raptor and it reads as a good old 69er. Then theres a 160 that reads asn 153. Just wondering i just picked up a 250 and its reading as a 232, is that normal...

Hi all. After reading up on these 2 for 2 days now its still hard to say becuase more poeple own the dell but not one person is clearly to happy with it becuase of one flaw which is the banding. The dell is a way more attractive and more input features plus HDDVD ready. The Viewsonic sells...